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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 06, 2026 07:24 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 06, 2026 07:24 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Beartooth at January 06, 2026 07:29 PM (GGatE)
TRUMP: I am pleased to announce that the Interim Authorities in Venezuela will be turning over between 30 and 50 MILLION Barrels of High Quality, Sanctioned Oil, to the United States of America. This Oil will be sold at its Market Price, and that money will be controlled by me, as President of the United States of America, to ensure it is used to benefit the people of Venezuela and the United States! I have asked Energy Secretary Chris Wright to execute this plan, immediately. It will be taken by storage ships, and brought directly to unloading docks in the United States. Thank you for your attention to this matter!
DONALD J. TRUMP
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
X: https://bit.ly/4qbZvmt
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 06, 2026 07:30 PM (P5BPp)
Posted by: Skip at January 06, 2026 07:31 PM (Ia/+0)
Bwahahahahaha, big dog tiny heart.
Splotcy was doing the bulldog foot rest he was so gordo.
*yes, i fat shamed zombie Splotcy*
Posted by: BifBewalski - at January 06, 2026 07:31 PM (QVmho)
Yes, he’s serious.
Posted by: SMOD at January 06, 2026 07:31 PM (r5p5k)
There was at least one and maybe two or three Morons who called the 'market price' bit earlier.... and that doesn't help CHYna.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 06, 2026 07:32 PM (ULPxl)
Unfortunately, the part I always need an assist on is loosening the damn lug nuts.
Posted by: She Hobbit at January 06, 2026 07:32 PM (ftFVW)
Posted by: Skip at January 06, 2026 07:32 PM (Ia/+0)
Wow, that's really a real-life scene and not miniatures?
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 06, 2026 07:33 PM (P5BPp)
Posted by: Ben Had at January 06, 2026 07:34 PM (sDNVV)
Grok @grok
Tilt-shift photography uses special lenses that tilt and shift to control focus and perspective. Tilting angles the plane of focus, creating a shallow depth of field that blurs most of the scene except a narrow band. This mimics macro shots of miniatures, making real landscapes look like toy models. Often enhanced with high angles, saturation, and time-lapse.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 06, 2026 07:35 PM (P5BPp)
Posted by: Ben Had at January 06, 2026 07:36 PM (sDNVV)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 06, 2026 07:37 PM (KDPiq)
Wishing you and yours a peaceful Nativity and much joy in the coming year! 🙏
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 06, 2026 07:37 PM (NFX2v)
Why, that could affect the price of other things, too!
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 06, 2026 07:37 PM (ULPxl)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 06, 2026 07:32 PM
Not good for CHYna or Russia.
Gordon G. Chang @GordonGChang
This is brilliant: Trump is controlling Venezuela’s new government by controlling its oil exports, its lifeline. And by the way, he’s been cutting off shipments to China and Russia. Foreign policy doesn’t get smarter than this.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 06, 2026 07:37 PM (P5BPp)
Posted by: t-bird at January 06, 2026 07:37 PM (1BkwO)
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Not good for CHYna or Russia.
Gordon G. Chang @GordonGChang
This is brilliant: Trump is controlling Venezuela’s new government by controlling its oil exports, its lifeline. And by the way, he’s been cutting off shipments to China and Russia. Foreign policy doesn’t get smarter than this.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 06, 2026 07:37 PM (P5BPp)
But our domestic commies assured me that Trump was Poo Tin's Puppet.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 06, 2026 07:38 PM (ULPxl)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at January 06, 2026 07:39 PM (2NHgQ)
Posted by: Ben Had
In my younger days I even jumped on em. It was only successful once, and now I'm too worried about hurting myself.
Posted by: She Hobbit at January 06, 2026 07:39 PM (ftFVW)
Unfortunately farmers need something tied to the seasons. Otherwise you may as well be using the Islamic lunar calendar.
Posted by: gKWVE at January 06, 2026 07:39 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ bing! at January 06, 2026 07:40 PM (Puq9y)
C'mon man.
Posted by: No one at January 06, 2026 07:41 PM (qFwJc)
C'mon man.
Posted by: No one at January 06, 2026 07:41 PM (qFwJc)
Diana has had dinner. She's been out. She's had some frosted sugar cookie. But she still wants to climb in my lap.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 06, 2026 07:41 PM (tgvbd)
Oh well. I'm just a guy who stayed at a Holiday Inn once.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 06, 2026 07:42 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 06, 2026 07:42 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: No one at January 06, 2026 07:42 PM (qFwJc)
Did you use the Julian reckoning for your Leap Post?
Posted by: gKWVE at January 06, 2026 07:43 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Better Living Through Chemistry at January 06, 2026 07:45 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Ben Had at January 06, 2026 07:46 PM (sDNVV)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 06, 2026 07:47 PM (ESVrU)
🎼 ♭ 5/4 ♫♫ ♫♫ Good evening! ♬♬ ♩ ♪
🥃 One glass only Chen, please.
There are probably Chinese nuclear sub Captains that dream about ranches like yours, Ben Had.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 06, 2026 07:47 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 06, 2026 07:48 PM (7b2l4)
Over the years Trump has said a number of things that surprised when he first said them. But he gets information that we don't and his judgement is usually pretty damn good.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 06, 2026 07:48 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Bleak Hill Boarding School at January 06, 2026 07:49 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Ben Had at January 06, 2026 07:49 PM (sDNVV)
This is a lesson learned from the Second Iraq War.
Trump, Rubio, and assistants are providing QA on CIA actions.
I imagine we have other assets keeping tabs, not just the CIA (which has failed for decades to advance Team USA).
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 06, 2026 07:50 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 06, 2026 07:37 PM (P5BPp)
And Russia isn't able to put Orechnik missiles in Venezuela, either.
[Points at eyes and then at Cuba]
Posted by: Kindltot at January 06, 2026 07:51 PM (rbvCR)
Yes, he’s serious.
Posted by: SMOD
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If faggot Oh, Bama! were prestdent you could let it ride. But Trump bringing homos anywhere but a mental institution is ludacris.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ bing! at January 06, 2026 07:51 PM (Puq9y)
The correct thing to do, after getting a tire changed, is to return home, break the nuts loose with a long-handled wrench, and then retorque to spec with a proper torque wrench.
Having said that, I think I've remembered to do it once in the last 25 years.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at January 06, 2026 07:51 PM (YYotJ)
Posted by: Ben Had at January 06, 2026 07:46 PM (sDNVV)
Appointing anyone else would require an immediate war. Appointing her will tell if other people there respect her at all.
Posted by: Oldcat at January 06, 2026 07:51 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Fine Feathered Friends at January 06, 2026 07:51 PM (oftw2)
I don't disagree with his decision because I don't know what he knows. My problem is I thought his statement was unnecessarily harsh and dismissive.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 06, 2026 07:52 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 06, 2026 07:52 PM (zZu0s)
I hope your year is off to a good start.
MPPPP and I both agree, you are wonderful to meet in person.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 06, 2026 07:52 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ bing! at January 06, 2026 07:53 PM (Puq9y)
Posted by: Skip at January 06, 2026 07:54 PM (Ia/+0)
MVGA, not the same ring to it as MAGA...
X video (0:39): https://bit.ly/3LyE0Nu
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 06, 2026 07:54 PM (P5BPp)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 06, 2026 07:54 PM (+mUZM)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 06, 2026 07:54 PM (u82oZ)
Think about that.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 06, 2026 07:54 PM (zZu0s)
{{{Ben Had}}}
🎼 ♭ 5/4 ♫♫ ♫♫ Good evening! ♬♬ ♩ ♪
🥃 One glass only Chen, please.
There are probably Chinese nuclear sub Captains that dream about ranches like yours, Ben Had.
Posted by: NaCly Dog
"I will live in Montana. And I will married a round American woman and raise rabbits, and she will cook them for me. And I will have a pickup truck... maybe even a 'recreational vehicle.' And drive from state to state. Do they let you do that?"
Posted by: BifBewalski - at January 06, 2026 07:55 PM (QVmho)
Posted by: Air-cooled Report at January 06, 2026 07:55 PM (oftw2)
*curtsies*
You must have me confused with someone else!
New Year has been interesting so far! Not tired of winning!
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 06, 2026 07:55 PM (ti1MH)
Posted by: man at January 06, 2026 07:55 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: She Hobbit
I did that. Once. With some trepidation. Did not break a leg or wrench my ankle or otherwise damage anything. And it worked! Never would have tried again. On my list of things my younger self did, just once, to say I did.
________
GOOOOD EVEN', Cafe denizens.
We were going to take down the tree today, but Daughter pointed out that tomorrow is Orthodox Christmas, which would begin a whole 'nother round of Twelve Days. After which, by that time, might as well just redecorate the tree for Valentine's.
Posted by: mindful webworker - On the twenty-sixth day of Christmas, my true love... went broke... at January 06, 2026 07:56 PM (dESj/)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 06, 2026 07:56 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Bleak Hill Boarding School
Happy Feast of the Epiphany ...
Posted by: Martha's Vinyard Refugee Welcoming Committee . . . at January 06, 2026 07:56 PM (3ZUWJ)
All other Christmas decorations remain up through tomorrow.
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I'm enjoying the Uncanny Bridge Cafe. 👍
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 06, 2026 07:57 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 06, 2026 07:54 PM (+mUZM)
Him and Eastwood are about the same age. I prefer to remember them as they were in Joe Kidd.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 06, 2026 07:57 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: man at January 06, 2026 07:57 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Ben Had at January 06, 2026 07:57 PM (sDNVV)
But if Qatar's got $7000 on the line... $7k is $7k.
Posted by: Tucker Carlson at January 06, 2026 07:57 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Air-cooled Report at January 06, 2026 07:55 PM (oftw2)
Uh, phrasing?
Posted by: Heavy Meta at January 06, 2026 07:57 PM (GTqXr)
This is the fastest way to get the inner party, used to running things, onside for us.
I wonder what Trump said to Machado privately?
"You can use my public disapproval to show you are independent of the US, not my lackey, and destined to govern Venezuela."
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 06, 2026 07:57 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Air-cooled Report
Tighten it til it squeaks, then give it 2 full turns.
Posted by: MkY at January 06, 2026 07:58 PM (q6tQZ)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at January 06, 2026 07:58 PM (YYotJ)
Makes me wonder what he knows that we don't.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 06, 2026 07:58 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy
Not to mention the occasional cross-threading, which you find out about later, when changing a flat.
Posted by: JQ at January 06, 2026 07:58 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 06, 2026 07:59 PM (Wnv9h)
And where would we be if we put her in there and she gets killed right off? Back to looking at having to put 100,000 troops in Caracas, which we absolutely do NOT want to do.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 06, 2026 07:59 PM (Iwxrf)
https://tinyurl.com/mryt9d5u
"BREAKING: Liberals are furious at this rapper who threw a free concert for the kids at the Quality Learing Center in Minnesota."
Link goes to Xitter
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 06, 2026 08:00 PM (zYpTz)
Nay I say. You do not know of your power over us, then. We think you are wonderful. This is from a morning thread. We said it publicly.
Alas, 1,500 miles away for me, and 3,000 miles away for MPPP.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 06, 2026 08:00 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Penguin Facts at January 06, 2026 08:00 PM (vFG9F)
Tire shops are notorious for using air impact wrenches and exceeding the manufacturer's torque specifications (translated: The damn illegal alien workers screw the nuts on too goddamn tight.)
The correct thing to do, after getting a tire changed, is to return home, break the nuts loose with a long-handled wrench, and then retorque to spec with a proper torque wrench.
Having said that, I think I've remembered to do it once in the last 25 years.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy
I'm an asshoe. I tell the service writer that I want them torqued to " x " spec in foot pounds, and that i will be watching for them to not do that. I once videoed a shop not following instruction, then hand delivered a bill from another shop to replace all the lug nuts and bolts along with a legal intent to sue if they didn't pay as they put it in the service write up and I had video they didn't do it.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at January 06, 2026 08:00 PM (QVmho)
Posted by: Air-cooled Report
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You're still banninated from the bar for that, ya know...
Posted by: JQ at January 06, 2026 08:01 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JackStraw at January 06, 2026 07:58 PM (viF8m)
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He learned from out mistakes in Afghanistan and Iraq: leave as much of the government intact to prevent total breakdown, but let them know they are being watched and not to do anything stupid.
Don't disband the army; they'll all become insurgents. Keep them on duty and in time they can be cleaned up.
Above all, maintain the strike group as the Sword of Damocles, whose virtue is that it hangs, rather than falls.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 06, 2026 08:01 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: JackStraw at January 06, 2026 08:02 PM (viF8m)
14 Half of that oil to the Strategic Reserve and half sold.
Posted by: Ben Had at January 06, 2026 07:36 PM (sDNVV)
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Despite Trump calling the oil "high quality," as I understand it, Venezuelan oil is low quality. High sulfur, has to be melted to liquify it. Maybe oil industry people here could comment, but I don't think it's suitable for the strategic reserve, The US already has the special refineries to process the stuff, though.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 06, 2026 08:02 PM (d4X7t)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 06, 2026 08:02 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Air-cooled Report"
Until you get arrested.
Posted by: The barkeeper at January 06, 2026 08:02 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 06, 2026 08:03 PM (fd80v)
Posted by: Ben Had at January 06, 2026 07:46 PM (sDNVV)
Maria Corina Machado and the guy who actually ran have no real organization in Venezuela since those that didn't run were jailed or are in hiding.
Not a lot of nice things are said about Delcy Rodriguez or her brother, but they are power players in Venezuela, and Trump does have them by their center of attention.
Corina Machado has recently said that Rodriguez is loathed in Venezuela since she is implicated in torture, human trafficking and alliances with Cuba and Russia
At least there is no attempt at regime change, it goes on legally.
There was an allegation that she was the niece of Carlos the Jackal, but I haven't found any verification of that.
Posted by: Kindltot at January 06, 2026 08:03 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: man at January 06, 2026 08:03 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 06, 2026 08:02 PM (d4X7t)
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Trump always likes to embellish. As to the oil, it's irrelevant. It's fungible. Put it on the open market and an equivalent, more suitable blend in the reserve.
Then wait for Dem nerds to try to make something of it.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 06, 2026 08:03 PM (ZOv7s)
Damn Again. It may be all correct but it was unnecessary to say it. Just do your plan to control the commie VP . It wasn't necessary to be so dismissive of Machado. If it's some kind of head fake strategy then I hope it works .
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 06, 2026 08:04 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: The Democrats at January 06, 2026 08:04 PM (ZOv7s)
TRUMP: I am pleased to announce that the Interim Authorities in Venezuela will be turning over between 30 and 50 MILLION Barrels of High Quality, Sanctioned Oil, to the United States of America. This Oil will be sold at its Market Price, and that money will be controlled by me, as President of the United States of America, to ensure it is used to benefit the people of Venezuela and the United States! I have asked Energy Secretary Chris Wright to execute this plan, immediately. It will be taken by storage ships, and brought directly to unloading docks in the United States. Thank you for your attention to this matter!
DONALD J. TRUMP
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
X: https://bit.ly/4qbZvmt
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 06, 2026 07:30 PM (P5BPp)
Heads exploding worldwide due to Trump! You magnificent bastard, you!!!
Some of the usual suspects on another blog have been driven nuts by Trump's snatch of Maduro! Because Trump gave Putin and other bad guys around the world a new idea! Kidnap your enemy's leader! Gosh, who could have ever imagined doing this before Saturday night, Caracas Time? No one? Leftards are idiots.
Posted by: Gref at January 06, 2026 08:04 PM (5rh/l)
Makes me wonder what he knows that we don't.
Posted by: JackStraw
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I must be a blind man 'cause I can't find, on this thread, what he said to Macado.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ bing! at January 06, 2026 08:05 PM (Puq9y)
Posted by: Ben Had at January 06, 2026 07:36 PM (sDNVV)
Probably better to sell all the oil and use half the proceeds to put Texas oil in the SPR since Venezuela oil is so bad.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 06, 2026 08:05 PM (ExV1e)
I'd like to see them get an Integrity napalming
Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 06, 2026 08:06 PM (fd80v)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 06, 2026 07:52 PM (KDPiq)
I clutched my pearls extra hard, too. Such uncouth rudeness towards a politician.
Posted by: Kindltot at January 06, 2026 08:07 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Gref
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Putin should take it as permission.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ bing! at January 06, 2026 08:07 PM (Puq9y)
Yes, the Russians totally forgot how they seized power in Afghanistan. /s
The news media and Leftists (BIRM) are blind when it comes to historical actions and problem solving.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 06, 2026 08:07 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 06, 2026 08:02 PM (ZOv7s)
Just try to imagine the stupidest possible thing you could say, and your average democrat will top it.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 06, 2026 08:07 PM (Iwxrf)
Posted by: Piper at January 06, 2026 08:08 PM (aT5K/)
Posted by: The barkeeper at January 06, 2026 08:08 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Middle school girls at January 06, 2026 08:08 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 06, 2026 08:04 PM (KDPiq)
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You're not the audience. China, Russia, and Iran are the audience, and this requires Trump to be at maximum belligerency.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 06, 2026 08:08 PM (ZOv7s)
Yea, that much is clear. The question is why was he so dismissive of Machado when she has been touted as the most popular leader of the Venezuelan opposition.
Given there won't be elections for some time I'm not sure it matters all that much right now but it was a curveball.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 06, 2026 08:09 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Kindltot at January 06, 2026 08:07 PM (rbvCR)
Fucking internet.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 06, 2026 08:09 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: Ben Had at January 06, 2026 07:46 PM (sDNVV)
I suspect that's it. Have Rodriguez start out running things. Give her a chance to ingratiate herself with the populace or replace her with the other guy and have the generals start a civil war.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 06, 2026 08:10 PM (ExV1e)
Oooh, so dramatic. Dems sure love them some symbolic theater.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 06, 2026 08:10 PM (zYpTz)
And where would we be if we put her in there and she gets killed right off? Back to looking at having to put 100,000 troops in Caracas, which we absolutely do NOT want to do.
Posted by: Tom Servo
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True.
It was truth and allows her to assume leadership without being labeled a toady.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ bing! at January 06, 2026 08:10 PM (Puq9y)
Posted by: Ben Had at January 06, 2026 08:10 PM (sDNVV)
Watch for him to take all of China's weapons as war trophies and set them up in DC for the 4th of July.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 06, 2026 08:11 PM (ZOv7s)
… perhaps, John Brennan could keep his cell warm
Posted by: SMOD at January 06, 2026 08:11 PM (r5p5k)
Posted by: fd at January 06, 2026 08:11 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 06, 2026 08:01 PM (ZOv7s)
The Navy is going to be parked out there anyways since the smugglers are still going to try to get through, as long as they can make the hulls and source the motors.
Posted by: Kindltot at January 06, 2026 08:11 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Bulg at January 06, 2026 08:12 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 06, 2026 08:02 PM (ZOv7s)
It is a miracle when the Dems discover market forces in the economy.
Posted by: Kindltot at January 06, 2026 08:12 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: I us
Not so much bad but different, harder to process but more energy dense. Besides, we're one of the few that have the ability to process it.
Posted by: n at January 06, 2026 08:13 PM (7neCS)
_Patton
opps, wrong war
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ bing! at January 06, 2026 08:13 PM (Puq9y)
Posted by: Kindltot at January 06, 2026 08:11 PM (rbvCR)
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I think they will run out of crews first.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 06, 2026 08:13 PM (ZOv7s)
Youngest child is back in Virginia spending time with the significant other who doesn't graduate until May. Tree will come down when they get back to Texas.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 06, 2026 08:14 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ bing! at January 06, 2026 08:14 PM (Puq9y)
Longer answer, Venezuela is still going to be a very nasty place for quite a while, and only one of the nasty people can hope to survive and hold onto power there. At least for now.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 06, 2026 08:14 PM (Iwxrf)
>>Oooh, so dramatic. Dems sure love them some symbolic theater.
Right?! You just *know* they could barely hold their fake sadz-faces long enough to get the picture, laughing afterward about how they set up the whole op in '21...
Posted by: JQ at January 06, 2026 08:15 PM (rdVOm)
'I have a special tool that works with a cheater bar and has a spot to hammer on with a 2 lb. hammer. '
Your cheater bar isn't long enough.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 06, 2026 08:15 PM (fd80v)
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 06, 2026 08:14 PM (Iwxrf)
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Forcing the government to share out oil revenue and thereby creating a new export market for American agriculture will be yet another additional bonus.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 06, 2026 08:16 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 06, 2026 08:16 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 06, 2026 08:09 PM (KDPiq)
I grieve about it daily, I assure you. Maybe we can pray for it all.
Posted by: Kindltot at January 06, 2026 08:17 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 06, 2026 08:17 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: fd at January 06, 2026 08:17 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: n at January 06, 2026 08:18 PM (7neCS)
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 06, 2026 08:18 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: fd at January 06, 2026 08:17 PM (vFG9F)
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How does it navigate?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 06, 2026 08:18 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ bing! at January 06, 2026 08:19 PM (Puq9y)
Posted by: Ben Had at January 06, 2026 08:19 PM (sDNVV)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 06, 2026 08:19 PM (zZu0s)
How does it navigate?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at
Same as existing naval submersible drones?
Posted by: n at January 06, 2026 08:20 PM (7neCS)
That's what the long beards are for.
Posted by: The Mullahs at January 06, 2026 08:21 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at January 06, 2026 08:21 PM (syz1S)
Posted by: n at January 06, 2026 08:13 PM (7neCS)
I'd argue that "harder to process" equals "bad for the SPR" although, I confess, that wasn't what my original statement either said or implied.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 06, 2026 08:21 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 06, 2026 08:13 PM (ZOv7s)
That hit on the chemical plant that Trump said was involved in loading the smugglers was three km from the waterfront in Maracaibo. It was a plastics and resin plant. They shipped it all in, and I suspect they dealt in chemicals for making fiberglass hulls.
Posted by: Kindltot at January 06, 2026 08:22 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd "
I dunno. GPS, compass, dead reckoning by the stars. If they can make self driving cars they can make self driving boats. No need for human drivers makes them cheaper and smaller.
Posted by: fd at January 06, 2026 08:22 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 06, 2026 08:22 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: Really?? at January 06, 2026 08:22 PM (Q/qJ3)
Posted by: I used to
Maybe, however, jaa more stored energy, depends upon why the spr is used? Smod, not.much difference, boycott, maybe more energy is better?
Posted by: n at January 06, 2026 08:24 PM (7neCS)
Who can forget the very respectful Vance, speaking to the Europeans, who said, "I love the European people which is why I'm so saddened by the fact that you're totalitarian fuckheads who should be beaten with a tire iron until you shape the fuck up."
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 06, 2026 08:24 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: She Hobbit at January 06, 2026 07:32 PM (ftFVW)
The trick is to stomp down on the lug wrench with all your weight.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at January 06, 2026 08:24 PM (syz1S)
Posted by: pawn at January 06, 2026 08:24 PM (Rmqfl)
Posted by: Ben Had at January 06, 2026 08:19 PM (sDNVV
Only if their doms don't make them wear gimp masks that occlude their senses.
Posted by: Dungeon 101 at January 06, 2026 08:24 PM (hgvSz)
Posted by: I used to have
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When it's processed, it's processed.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ bing! at January 06, 2026 08:24 PM (Puq9y)
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 06, 2026 08:24 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: fd at January 06, 2026 08:17 PM (vFG9F)
They will probably start launching from Colombia or maybe Suriname instead, if the Venezuelan border is tied up. I could see heading out from there or across from Brazil, but that would require bigger boats to head into waters the EU and NATO are already patrolling for pirates.
Posted by: Kindltot at January 06, 2026 08:26 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: man at January 06, 2026 08:26 PM (XuXeR)
… perhaps, John Brennan could keep his cell warm - SMOD
Perhaps they could be buried together - at the same time.
Posted by: Paco at January 06, 2026 08:26 PM (2L+MU)
Posted by: Ben Had at January 06, 2026 08:19 PM (sDNVV)
I wasn't a sonar guy but I believe that there is an area where they will remain undetected unless they make a very loud noise. I believe that the are is fairly small though so it would be difficult to get into it and remain there.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 06, 2026 08:27 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ bing! at January 06, 2026 08:27 PM (Puq9y)
Some of those subs are running aground in Europe. This is a big advance on the older subs.
Getting people to not need or want drugs has failed. Except among the Amish.
"Bring back strong families."
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 06, 2026 08:27 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: n at January 06, 2026 08:27 PM (7neCS)
The trick is to stomp down on the lug wrench with all your weight.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at January 06, 2026
You have met She Hobbit, right? She is not a big person. All her weight may not be that effective!
Posted by: Piper at January 06, 2026 08:28 PM (aT5K/)
Guess they forgot.
Posted by: Really?? at January 06, 2026 08:28 PM (Q/qJ3)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 06, 2026 08:28 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: fd at January 06, 2026 08:28 PM (vFG9F)
...
Posted by: fd
No roads underwater.
Eventually some bright eyed will use underwater survey maps, but I don't think we're there yet.
Posted by: Martha's Vinyard Refugee Welcoming Committee . . . at January 06, 2026 08:29 PM (3ZUWJ)
Posted by: JackStraw at January 06, 2026 08:29 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 06, 2026 08:29 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: steevy at January 06, 2026 08:29 PM (YwEeS)
We have technology on our submarines that can take away almost all of the blind spot. And gentle S-turns are all that is needed to cover all aspects with detection sensors.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 06, 2026 08:29 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: n at January 06, 2026 08:30 PM (7neCS)
Posted by: Gref
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Putin should take it as permission.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ bing! at January 06, 2026 08:07 PM (Puq9y)
Ha! That's also what the Leftist drones are posting! Putin will use Trump's snatch of Maduro as his legal rationale for kidnapping the German Chancellor, or Starmer, or whichever anti-Putin Western European leader pissed him off yesterday! And that will be totes legal if the International Community lets Trump get away with kidnapping Maduro!!! It's the end of International Law and Order! Squeeee! WW III starts tomorrow because Trump!
Posted by: Gref at January 06, 2026 08:31 PM (5rh/l)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 06, 2026 08:29 PM (u82oZ)
As you say. I just kept the lights on.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 06, 2026 08:31 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: No one at January 06, 2026 08:31 PM (qFwJc)
But Trump is a big doody head! Just imagine how much better Obama or Biden would have handled this!
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at January 06, 2026 08:32 PM (XMwZJ)
Posted by: No one at January 06, 2026 08:32 PM (qFwJc)
Posted by: fd at January 06, 2026 08:32 PM (vFG9F)
I would be amazing if all the governments involved would just get the hell out of the way instead of trying to have it their way.
Posted by: pawn at January 06, 2026 08:33 PM (Rmqfl)
If you live near where there are moose, stay away.
I think they are awesome unless you have to encounter in the wild or on the roads.
Posted by: four seasons at January 06, 2026 08:33 PM (3ek7K)
I attended a briefing back in 1987 with maritime experts in Germany being able to use radar, Loran-C or GPS, and software to make a ship cross the Atlantic autonomously. We have the technology. The Europeans wanted to do this. But the rightly conservative regulatory agencies require manned ships for good reasons.
Anti-piracy, Lookouts, damage control, and redundancy.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 06, 2026 08:33 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Gref at January 06, 2026 08:31 PM (5rh/l)
Oh no! Putin kidnap Starmer? Or Macron? Or Zelensky? That would be horrible!!
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 06, 2026 08:34 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 06, 2026 08:35 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: No one at January 06, 2026 08:36 PM (qFwJc)
Probably mostly Gen-X would appreciate this. I liked almost all of these 90s/early 2000s rock/alternative rock songs.
Instagram: https://bit.ly/3L0SHJa
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 06, 2026 08:36 PM (P5BPp)
I think they are awesome unless you have to encounter in the wild or on the roads.
Posted by: four seasons at January 06, 2026 08:33 PM (3ek7K)
Brother and his buddy were treed by an angry cow moose with her calf. They stayed there most of the night. Moose are cranky beasts.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at January 06, 2026 08:36 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 06, 2026 08:36 PM (MjXxC)
Unfortunately, the part I always need an assist on is loosening the damn lug nuts. - She Hobbit
Once, when I was but a callow youth, my Roadrunner had a flat tire, on the rear driver's side, and I took the wrench and tried to loosen the lug nuts. I put all my might into turning the wrench - counter-clockwise, mind you - until I finally wound up sheering the bolt off the wheel. That's when I discovered that the wheels on the driver's side of Roadrunners had reverse threads, and I was supposed to go clockwise to loosen the lug nuts. It always pays to read the manual before you do anything.
Posted by: Paco at January 06, 2026 08:36 PM (2L+MU)
Posted by: fd at January 06, 2026 08:36 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Piper at January 06, 2026 08:37 PM (aT5K/)
Posted by: fd at January 06, 2026 08:32 PM (vFG9F)
The Colombian cartels build those "subs" that run up the west coast semi-submerged. I have seen pics of the interior, they are pretty crude.
There was one that was picked up off of the Cape Verde islands by the Portuguese navy, though it sank before they could tow it in.
Posted by: Kindltot at January 06, 2026 08:38 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: She Hobbit at January 06, 2026 07:32 PM (ftFVW)
The trick is to stomp down on the lug wrench with all your weight.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at January 06, 2026 08:24 PM (syz1S)
Ahhhh, this is She Hobbit we be talkin' aboot mate.
She's a wee thing she is ...
Posted by: browndog sizing things up at January 06, 2026 08:38 PM (3sXRv)
Putin has had a big drop in Spetsznaz quality personnel. Most are dead in Ukraine. Training is a long process that is not happening now.
The bans on Russian sports hurts here, as star Russian athletes were also Spetsznaz agents.
Besides, in place, they are better for Russia due to their sheer incompetence.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 06, 2026 08:38 PM (u82oZ)
After living around moose in Maine I made it policy to give them a lot of space.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 06, 2026 08:39 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 06, 2026 08:39 PM (Iwxrf)
Anti-piracy, Lookouts, damage control, and redundancy.
Posted by: NaCly Dog "
Things smugglers don't care about.
Posted by: fd at January 06, 2026 08:39 PM (vFG9F)
Tampon Timmy by this time would welcome being black bagged.
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 06, 2026 08:39 PM (2GVsD)
Some, maybe. The guys at NTB were very conscientious about torquing to spec.
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at January 06, 2026 08:40 PM (XMwZJ)
The Tokyo Express.
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 06, 2026 08:41 PM (2GVsD)
In the past, the smuggling subs were manned. Don't know if that has gone away.
Makes sinking them less of a moral dilemma.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 06, 2026 08:43 PM (u82oZ)
'BREAKING: Liberals are furious at this rapper who threw a free concert for the kids at the Quality Learing Center in Minnesota.'
That has to be troll or at least a publicity stunt.
Did he announce one of the rappers as Mr. Dog Shit?
Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 06, 2026 08:43 PM (fd80v)
And Rum Running during the 18th Amendment era. Why the Kennedy family had a lot of boat time.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 06, 2026 08:45 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: fd at January 06, 2026 08:46 PM (vFG9F)
*****
You had a Roadrunner!! Very Nice. I had a 1963 Plymouth Valiant 170ci slant six with the torque flight push button transmission. As pathetic as that car was, my older brother and I did everything possible to kill that car....unpossible. It still may be rolling around somewhere even today.
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at January 06, 2026 08:46 PM (E9NNj)
Did he announce one of the rappers as Mr. Dog Shit?
Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 06, 2026 08:43 PM (fd80v)
Yeah, they're totally making fun of the Learing Center that has no kids. It's comedy. I laffed. Mr. Dog....shit.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 06, 2026 08:47 PM (zYpTz)
https://tinyurl.com/53jcbybn
Posted by: JackStraw at January 06, 2026 08:48 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: She Hobbit at January 06, 2026 07:32 PM (ftFVW)
The trick is to stomp down on the lug wrench with all your weight.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at January 06, 2026 08:24 PM (syz1S)
Ahhhh, this is She Hobbit we be talkin' aboot mate.
She's a wee thing she is ...
Posted by: browndog sizing things up
Lug wrench and long enough cheater bar to reach the ground, carefully noodle out the principle of rghty tightly lefty loosey, then roll forward or reverse to lugnut loose.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 06, 2026 08:48 PM (/lPRQ)
C'mon man.
Posted by: No one at January 06, 2026 07:41 PM (qFwJc)
Astronomers too, for reasons.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 06, 2026 08:49 PM (MjXxC)
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at January 06, 2026
You have met She Hobbit, right? She is not a big person. All her weight may not be that effective!
Posted by: Piper at January 06, 2026 08:28 PM
*sigh*
Am I going to have to explain this again?
- Archimedes
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 06, 2026 08:50 PM (Wnv9h)
They look like they belong in this century and not last century.
Posted by: Orson at January 06, 2026 08:51 PM (dIske)
Posted by: JackStraw at January 06, 2026 08:39 PM
This guy? He gets it.
Posted by: The Moose Out Front at January 06, 2026 08:52 PM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 06, 2026 08:52 PM (MjXxC)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 06, 2026 08:48 PM (/lPRQ)
Just don't go the wrong way.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 06, 2026 08:52 PM (zZu0s)
They look like they belong in this century and not last century.
Posted by: Orson
++++
So, no manual override.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 06, 2026 08:52 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: JackStraw at January 06, 2026 08:39 PM
This guy? He gets it.
Posted by: The Moose Out Front at January 06, 2026 08:52 PM (Wnv9h)
______________________________
When I lived in upstate NH I used to carry around a pocket-sized airhorn at all times for moose (and bears)....a recommendation from my neighbor when I first moved in.
Posted by: Orson at January 06, 2026 08:54 PM (dIske)
Wow,
The logistics of getting family members from Wyoming, Colorado and Washington state to be at my brother-in-laws funeral in North Carolina has been challenging.
Everyone has airline reservations now, thank goodness.
Posted by: four seasons at January 06, 2026 08:56 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 06, 2026 08:57 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Orson
As a gift to the moose or bear?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 06, 2026 08:57 PM (/lPRQ)
Not just a Roadrunner, but a Superbird. I had two of them, as a matter of fact: one was a metallic blue, and the other was what I think was called SubLime. Wound up selling them. I could not afford to buy one today.
I've heard that the Valiants of that period were pretty rugged. My neighbors had one and it must have lasted them for 15 years, at least.
Posted by: Paco at January 06, 2026 08:57 PM (2L+MU)
Posted by: Ben Had at January 06, 2026 08:58 PM (sDNVV)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 06, 2026 08:52 PM (MjXxC)
Or, as we used to say about remotely operated buss breakers, righty shutty, lefty openy.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 06, 2026 08:58 PM (ExV1e)
Don't mess with moose.
We never had to deal with them until we moved to Wyoming.
Stay away from them, this isn't Disney.
Posted by: four seasons at January 06, 2026 08:59 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Ben Had at January 06, 2026 08:59 PM (sDNVV)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 06, 2026 09:00 PM (EGW4m)
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at January 06, 2026 09:00 PM (/HDaX)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
Just doesn't have the same ring to it.
Does anyone else say "Hold on to your butts" whenever you close a breaker?
Posted by: She Hobbit at January 06, 2026 09:01 PM (ftFVW)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 06, 2026 09:02 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: She Hobbit at January 06, 2026 09:01 PM (ftFVW)
Given that I wasn't even in the same compartment as the breakers when I would operate them... no.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 06, 2026 09:02 PM (ExV1e)
Ben Had,
Thank you so much.
Chris was one of the finest men I've had the honor
of knowing.
Why does God take the best of us before the assholes?
Posted by: four seasons at January 06, 2026 09:02 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 06, 2026 09:03 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: MkY at January 06, 2026 07:58 PM (q6tQZ)
The bracketing case is "tighten til it cracks, then back off half a turn".
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at January 06, 2026 09:03 PM (/HDaX)
Why does God take cool people that everyone likes to hang with before assholes? That's your question?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 06, 2026 09:04 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 06, 2026 09:00 PM (EGW4m)
****
True. Never left me stranded; I drove the hell out of it all over the place. And I could work on it, for better or worse.
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at January 06, 2026 09:04 PM (E9NNj)
I guess "you all" means 14 year old boys, given the rumors?
Posted by: Ian S. at January 06, 2026 09:04 PM (IeLQw)
There used to be be big Ford trucks with the same set up.
Much hilarity can ensue at the tire shops!
Posted by: MkY at January 06, 2026 09:04 PM (q6tQZ)
I decided to move from the Central Coast to SoCal to be closer to family -- someone had a fall over the holiday and it was pretty much my signal to Go. I was feeling a lot more accepting of it all because the someone's neighbors are real nice people I wanted to get to know better and hang out with.
Those neighbors just told me they're moving away this month to be closer to family in Colorado. Waa.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 06, 2026 09:06 PM (AV9Wq)
Posted by: four seasons
The good ones are ready to go.
The assholes need more time down here to repent.
Posted by: mikeski at January 06, 2026 09:07 PM (nhCoE)
My dad used to have a '63 Valiant with the manual on the column. That thing was weird even when you know how to drive a regular stick. Also, surprisingly peppy with the manual. I imagine the torqueflite wasn't as much fun.
Posted by: Ian S. at January 06, 2026 09:09 PM (IeLQw)
Posted by: JackStraw at January 06, 2026 09:09 PM (viF8m)
As to Trump “disrespecting” Machado…
Keeping the existing government functional is paramount. We can’t have absolute chaos.
Trump wants Machado to earn it. She has to earn the respect of Venezuela on her own. She cannot be seen as a puppet. If she wins an election, she freaking EARNED it on her own. Latinos won’t respect a puppet. Been there. Done that.
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 06, 2026 09:09 PM (vAtLy)
As to Trump “disrespecting” Machado…
Keeping the existing government functional is paramount. We can’t have absolute chaos.
Trump wants Machado to earn it. She has to earn the respect of Venezuela on her own. She cannot be seen as a puppet. If she wins an election, she freaking EARNED it on her own. Latinos won’t respect a puppet. Been there. Done that.
Posted by: nurse ratched
Should tell them to pretend Maduro is dead, try to avoid the same fate, and move on.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 06, 2026 09:14 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: four seasons at January 06, 2026 09:14 PM (3ek7K)
Ha! That's also what the Leftist drones are posting! Putin will use Trump's snatch of Maduro as his legal rationale for kidnapping the German Chancellor, or Starmer, or whichever anti-Putin Western European leader pissed him off yesterday! And that will be totes legal if the International Community lets Trump get away with kidnapping Maduro!!! It's the end of International Law and Order! Squeeee! WW III starts tomorrow because Trump!
Posted by: Gref a
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It hasn't occured to them that the one he would snatch is the little weasel trouble maker to his south.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ bing! at January 06, 2026 09:15 PM (Puq9y)
Posted by: Ian S. at January 06, 2026 09:09 PM (IeLQw)
*****
No, fun is not something that I would associate with that car. But, it ran, got me to a lot of places and I lived to tell the tale.
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at January 06, 2026 09:15 PM (E9NNj)
Posted by: IrishEi at January 06, 2026 09:16 PM (3ImbR)
Trump needs his occupation to appear legitimate, so he's attempting to preserve regular Constitutional order until such time as elections can be held in an orderly manner.
My hope is that this can be done before VZ descends into a multinational shitshow.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 06, 2026 09:16 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 06, 2026 09:17 PM (kzOo1)
They look like they belong in this century and not last century.
Posted by: Orson
Added bonus: they can project a normal view even as you plunge to your death. Comforting.
Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at January 06, 2026 09:17 PM (1Nv0l)
Posted by: Publius on Stupid Phone at January 06, 2026 09:19 PM (w6EFb)
My dad used to have a '63 Valiant with the manual on the column. That thing was weird even when you know how to drive a regular stick. Also, surprisingly peppy with the manual. I imagine the torqueflite wasn't as much fun.
Posted by: Ian S
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There's a ewetub on the indestructible 225 of which the 170 is the little brother.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ bing! at January 06, 2026 09:20 PM (Puq9y)
It was not uncommon to see reports of a car/moose collision on the news. Nobody wins those. Moose are so tall you hit them in the legs and the rest of that huge body is coming right through the windshield.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 06, 2026 09:20 PM (viF8m)
Bitch, do you realize 1. He already is insanely rich & 2. We don't need their oil.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 06, 2026 09:23 PM (STl/9)
Posted by: Embarrassing Stain at January 06, 2026 09:23 PM (o7SlG)
Posted by: old chick at January 06, 2026 09:24 PM (F3Dlr)
Posted by: Orson
Added bonus: they can project a normal view even as you plunge to your death. Comforting.
Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at January 06, 2026 09:17 PM (1Nv0l)
But if the Crew does not like the Passengers... continuous playing of Attack of the Killer Tomato's on every screen.... then... a Yoko concert...
Posted by: Romeo13 at January 06, 2026 09:24 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: JackStraw at January 06, 2026 09:20 PM (viF8m)
In 1985, buddy and I drove to Alaska in a Mazda B2000. Just miles inside the state, the road lined with ten foot piles of snow (this was April), a moose suddenly leaps over the snow berm like it was nothing and proceeded to trot in front of us for a half mile before leaping over the other snow berm. Moose in Wyoming had nothing on this behemoth.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at January 06, 2026 09:24 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at January 06, 2026 09:32 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 06, 2026 09:33 PM (zZu0s)
·
49m
>>🚨BREAKING: Brown University mass shooter confesses in videos his attack was planned for a long time, “I had plenty of opportunities, especially this semester...but I chickened out”—confirming that the now fired DEI hire campus police chief failed to safeguard the college.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 06, 2026 09:34 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: JackStraw at January 06, 2026 09:20 PM (viF8m)
I hit a cow elk one early evening in Jellystone. It was resting on the highway around a somewhat blind curve. It took off running down the road while I'm jamming on the breaks. I slowed down enough but the front end hit her back legs and she gently slid up onto the hood. As I came to a stop, she slid off and ran off giving me obscene gestures with her tail.
No damage to the car, which was a '71 Ford 4 door Torino. But that was a close shave.
Posted by: Embarrassing Stain at January 06, 2026 09:37 PM (o7SlG)
Ha! That's also what the Leftist drones are posting! Putin will use Trump's snatch of Maduro as his legal rationale for kidnapping the German Chancellor, or Starmer, or whichever anti-Putin Western European leader pissed him off yesterday! And that will be totes legal if the International Community lets Trump get away with kidnapping Maduro!!! It's the end of International Law and Order! Squeeee! WW III starts tomorrow because Trump!
Posted by: Gref a
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It hasn't occured to them that the one he would snatch is the little weasel trouble maker to his south.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ bing! at January 06, 2026 09:15 PM (Puq9y)
The OMG Russians tried that at the very beginning of the SMO and there are many memes calling that out.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 06, 2026 09:38 PM (ULPxl)
No damage to the car, which was a '71 Ford 4 door Torino. But that was a close shave.
Posted by: Embarrassing Stain
She didn't leave a brown streak down the hood?
Posted by: rickb223 at January 06, 2026 09:39 PM (STl/9)
Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at January 06, 2026 09:17 PM (1Nv0l)
_______________________
I can already tell you a serious issue that will develop. Apparently these surround cameras are operational from a manual point of view. IOW, they can magnify...and invade privacy of people on the ground.
Posted by: Orson at January 06, 2026 09:40 PM (dIske)
Oooh, so dramatic. Dems sure love them some symbolic theater.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 06, 2026 08:10 PM (zYpTz)
It is all symbolic, that is all it is. Instead of working OT to fund the government.
Posted by: Joemarine at January 06, 2026 09:43 PM (y171U)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 06, 2026 08:57 PM (/lPRQ)
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There is a version of "cow tipping" with moose. Their front legs are just a bit too long for proper grazing. So, more times than not, they sort of get down on their first "knuckle" to graze. That's when you hit the air horn...they fall over like a sack of potatoes. Precarious balance in that position.
Posted by: Orson at January 06, 2026 09:44 PM (dIske)
The man's name is Embarrassing Stain. I think we know where the brown streak was left.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 06, 2026 09:45 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: rickb223 at January 06, 2026 09:39 PM (STl/9)
Fairly sure that's how the OP earned his nic.
Posted by: Heavy Meta at January 06, 2026 09:46 PM (GTqXr)
Posted by: JackStraw at January 06, 2026 09:20 PM (viF8m)
But everything in your life is minuscule...hell, you live in Rhode Island, which is like a T-gauge state!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 06, 2026 09:46 PM (n9ltV)
Posted by: Don't blame the alligators
77 days from No Kings to Kings Please!
Posted by: rickb223 at January 06, 2026 09:46 PM (STl/9)
Posted by: DJ Jazzy Mel at January 06, 2026 09:47 PM (ZTJjv)
Posted by: IrishEi at January 06, 2026 09:48 PM (3ImbR)
Just saw a pic of Freeland proudly strutting in a short purple dress.
Yechh, what a repugnant sawed-off warpig.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 06, 2026 09:48 PM (/lPRQ)
Not the advancement they might think. Do better, Dutch.
Posted by: GWB at January 06, 2026 09:48 PM (ajRBT)
Maybe.
But we didn't stay there long enough to get free housing and SNAP benefits.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 06, 2026 09:49 PM (STl/9)
77 days from No Kings to Kings Please!
There's what was supposed to be the comment to.
No idea how the other happened.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 06, 2026 09:51 PM (STl/9)
The correct thing to do, after getting a tire changed, is to return home, break the nuts loose with a long-handled wrench, and then retorque to spec with a proper torque wrench.
Having said that, I think I've remembered to do it once in the last 25 years.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at January 06, 2026 07:51 PM (YYotJ)
I always ask if they use a torque wrench. Last time, at Costco, they not only showed me the torque wrench, but the installer's training cert and the calibration report for the wrench.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 06, 2026 09:51 PM (QGaXH)
They are afraid he spills his guts and names names about who he's been paying off.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 06, 2026 09:53 PM (STl/9)
But we didn't stay there long enough to get free housing and SNAP benefits.
Posted by: rickb223
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Did you see the available housing there? No wonder he had 24 hr security.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ bing! at January 06, 2026 09:54 PM (Puq9y)
Posted by: rickb223 at January 06, 2026 09:53 PM (STl/9)
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Oh, it's even bigger than that.
Posted by: IrishEi at January 06, 2026 09:54 PM (3ImbR)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue
Wal Mart has colored sockets that somehow only tighten to a specific torque.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 06, 2026 09:55 PM (STl/9)
You are misattributing the quote to me. It was said by one of your fellow "garden state" residents.
Biggest road hazard you have done their are some sort of weasel.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 06, 2026 09:55 PM (viF8m)
Just saw a pic of Freeland proudly strutting in a short purple dress.
Yechh, what a repugnant sawed-off warpig.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 06, 2026 09:48 PM (/lPRQ)
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It's pretty amazing to me that Canada has no requirements in place indicating that a Member of Parliament (of which she still is...although she announced her resignation yesterday she is still an active MP) can't serve as an advisor to a foreign country. That's amateur hour right there.
Posted by: Orson at January 06, 2026 09:55 PM (dIske)
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And then check the torque every 50 to 75 miles or thereafter, until stabilized. There’s a method to their madness, nobody wants to bring their shit back in for torque checks. They definitely need to be checked, or they can loosen when torqued.
It wasn’t a big deal with big beefy US steel, but once the lightweight stuff reigned everything started getting pranged. They reef that shit down to 90 yard/tons. Fuckers. Oil filters, same thing. They only need to be hand tight. For about 75 years now, but nobody believes them. Says so right on the fucking box. What do they know?
Posted by: Common Tater at January 06, 2026 09:56 PM (+jJCu)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ bing! at January 06, 2026 09:57 PM (Puq9y)
Posted by: JackStraw at January 06, 2026 09:55 PM (viF8m)
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Have you ever driven in Newark or Camden?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 06, 2026 09:57 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue
Wal Mart has colored sockets that somehow only tighten to a specific torque.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 06, 2026 09:55 PM (STl/9)
Wal Mart has colored sockets
Dat sounds rayysisst....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 06, 2026 10:01 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: steevy at January 06, 2026 10:01 PM (YwEeS)
Posted by: JackStraw at January 06, 2026 09:55 PM (viF8m)
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Have you ever driven in Newark or Camden?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 06, 2026 09:57 PM (RIvkX)
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Ah, the dreaded home to the indigenous unsolicited window washing creature known as Slime Buicketis Tipus Demandus. They seem to congregate along airport exits. Never look one in the eye, they take it as a challenge, or an invitation. Either way....just don't do it.
Posted by: Orson at January 06, 2026 10:02 PM (dIske)
Posted by: mindful webworker - dooo noood at January 06, 2026 10:04 PM (dESj/)
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Posted by: 789p at January 07, 2026 12:27 PM (lrnY9)
did they certify it as Dead-Balls Accurate (an industry term)?
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